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9 Nuggets of Investment advice from the Best Investor, Warren Buffett - The Motley Fool, 29 June 2013 When it comes to great investors, they don't get much better than Warren Buffett. Through shrewd investments in stocks and entire companies that he bought, Buffett has grown his Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) company's per-share book value by an annual average of 19.7% between 1965 and 2012. That's a total gain of more than 586,000%. The company's stock has grown by about about million percent since 1965, enough to turn a $10,000 investment into roughly $100 million. So we can agree that the guy knows a thing or two about investing, right? Thus, it would be smart to heed his investment advice. Let's a look at some of his nuggets of wisdom. Be optimistic "Over the long term, the stock market news will be good. In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts, the Depression, a dozen or so recessions and financial panics, oil shocks, a flu epidemic, and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497." This bit of investment advice offers useful perspective, reminding us that the market's overall trend has been to rise, despite some big and small hiccups. Geniuses need not apply It can be easy to assume that you need to be brilliant like Buffett to make money in stocks. He would disagree, though: "You don't need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ." That point is supported by plenty of examples of the bumbling of brilliant folks, such as the 1994 implosion of the massive Long Term Capital Management hedge fund company, which boasted two Nobel laureates and lost billions anyway. Read more...

Warren Buffett's Acquisitions

1 Explosive risk Warren Buffett should be worried about - The Motley Fool, 12 July 2013 Crude oil shipments by railroad have grown by a staggering 28,000% over the past five years. That growth has been a great profit driver for railway companies, and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) which controls Burlington Northern. Warren Buffett is buying this stock now - MarketWatch, 10 July 2013 According to a filing with the SEC, Warren Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway has continued to buy shares of DaVita, a $12 billion market cap provider of kidney dialysis services at hospitals and dialysis centers. 3 Companies that Warren Buffett should buy next - The Motely Fool, 07 July 2013 Warren Buffett has been nothing short of a master dealmaker for the better part of five decades now. Through a disciplined approach that stresses the understanding of a company's fundamental business model, as well as buying and holding businesses, not stocks, over a very long period of time, Buffett has played Wall Street like a violin. Potential Elephants for Warren Buffett - The Motley Fool, 03 July 2013 As many of us know, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) is generating an increasing amount of cash. As the company does not pay a dividend and very unusually buys its own shares (in 2012 Berkshire did a $1.3 billion share re-purchase), it must re-invest those proceedings somewhere. Why Buffett likes Coke ... and not just the drink - The Motley Fool, 02 July 2013 A friend of mine was recently telling me about his investment in Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). Then, he went on to say that he knows investors who match nearly every one of Warren Buffett’s investment decisions; after all, my friend said, Buffett is a legend. Berkshire Hathaway Units strike two more deals - The Wall Street Journal, 27 June 2013 Two Berkshire Hathaway units struck small deals Thursday, keeping up the pace of their bolt-on acquisitions, while their boss, Warren Buffett, hunts for the big prize. Berkshire Hathaway's Newspaper Investments Part II - Seeking Alpha, 24 June 2013 We have been analyzing and evaluating the newspaper companies that Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B, BRK.A) have invested in in the past and have invested in recently over the last twelve months. Warren Buffett bought this stock. Should you? - Yahoo Finance, 21 June 2013 In times of uncertainty, it can be useful to follow the lead of the best investors. One of Warren Buffett's recent investments, Chicago Bridge & Iron, is down 10%. Should you buy along with Buffett or is this stock headed down more? Heinz shakes up its Board after Buffett Acquisition - Wall St. Cheat Sheet, 20 June 2013 The board of H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE:HNZ) is undergoing a big shake-up, with 11 of the company’s executives leaving. The move comes a month after Heinz was purchased by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKA) (NYSE:BRKB) and Brazilian investor Jorge Paulo Lemann’s 3G Capital. Berkshire Hathaway's Newspaper Investments Part I - Seeking Alpha, 17 June 2013 We have been analyzing and evaluating the newspaper companies that Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B, BRK.A) has invested in the past and has invested in recently over the last twelve months. Warren Buffett embraces an old love - The Motley Fool, 14 June 2013 It didn't take long after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway welcomed four former AIG executives into the fold that it introduced a new, specialty insurance arm to the world.

Warren Buffett - The Investor

When Buffett Speaks - We Listen - The Motley Fool, 11 July 2013 Mr. Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) is famous for his unique investment theses. He just loves to invest in branded consumer products, such as See's Candy, Coca-Cola, and lately Heinz ketchup and sauces. Why Buffett's gifts will only get bigger - The Motley Fool, 11 July 2013 On Monday, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B ) (NYSE: BRK-A ) CEO Warren Buffett just gave a total of 22,870,529 Class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway stock to five different charitable foundations, worth nearly $2.63 billion dollars based on today's closing price of $114.88 per share. Warren Buffett's generosity grows with Berkshire's stock price - CNBC, 08 July 2013 With a lot of help from a 39 percent increase in the value of Berkshire Hathaway's Class B stock over the past 12 months, Warren Buffett's donation to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation this year was the largest since his annual contributions began in 2006. Buffett now controls 34 percent of Berkshire stock - Associated Press, 08 July 2013 Billionaire Warren Buffett's recent donations of Berkshire Hathaway stock reduced his voting power in the company to about 34 percent. Warren Buffett is not a myth - The Motley Fool, 08 July 2013 Over on MarketWatch, a site run by the Wall Street Journal, Paul Merriman recently published an article entitled Warren Buffett: More myth than legend. With a bombastic title like that it's no surprise that the article is one of the most viewed on the site. The main argument of the article is this: over the last 15 years Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B), Warren Buffett's company, has seen its stock rise at a lower rate than a group of value orientated funds. The crucial advice from Buffett you're probably ignoring - Yahoo Finance, 20 June 2013 The latest rankings of the world's richest people show that telecom magnate Carlos Slim of Mexico is again on the top of the heap, followed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Fourth on the list is Warren Buffett. The Oracle of Omaha also made his fortune with one company, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B), but there's a twist. Is Buffett’s successor already sitting next to him? - The Motley Fool, 18 June 2013 It seems to have taken some time to become newsworthy, however articles recently published in the American press have highlighted that in 2009, billionaire investor Warren Buffett hired a woman by the name of Tracey Britt as his financial assistant at Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). 3 things Bill Gates has learned from Warren Buffett - Wall St. Cheat Sheet, 16 June 2013 Bill Gates proves that no matter how rich or successful you are, there’s always room for more learning and improvement. In a light, insightful post written on his LinkedIn profile, Gates offers the three things he believes to have learned from Warren Buffet over the years. Prepping for the Post-Buffett Era: Meet one of Berkshire's most influential women - The Motley Fool, 15 June 2013 To be sure, anyone familiar with Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett knows the man loves farming. Buffett's affinity for the industry began early. As a sophomore in high school, he bought a 40-acre farm in Nebraska and hired a tenant farmer to run the operation for him.

General News

Warren Buffett's Supersized Tax Deduction - Forbes, 09 July 2013 Warren Buffett is one of the world’s richest and most benevolent men. The uber- billionaire has now donated approximately $2.6 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and four other charities. Buffett On Berkshire's Dividend Policy - Seeking Alpha, 02 July 2013 In Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) (BRK.B) most recent letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett gives perhaps his most complete explanation for BRK's zero-dividend policy. How Berkshire Hathaway is quietly taking over the world - The Motley Fool, 01 July 2013 On multiple occasions, Warren Buffett has bluntly admitted that Berkshire Hathaway's enormous market capitalization will make it impossible for the company to duplicate its past rates of return going forward. Why Berkshire Hathaway stock is the ideal Buy-and-Hold Investment - The Motley Fool, 27 June 2013 No investor is a bigger superstar than Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett. But the beauty of Berkshire Hathaway stock is that even when Buffett is no longer able to run the company, the tenets that have guided his investment decisions will remain in place for his successors to follow for decades to come. Investor letters the pros are reading – Forbes, 26 July 2013 In these stormy markets investors seek shelter in words of wisdom from famous investors like Warren Buffett. Here are four lesser-known must-read market masters to help weather the current conditions–if only they all agreed on the forecast. Finding the next Warren Buffett: Mike Koza - Forbes, 20 June 2013 So far in our search for the next Warren Buffett we’ve looked at Justin Uyehara, a swing trader, and Kai Petainen, a quant. This time we are going to look at Mike Koza, a civil engineer in California who has an investment style similar to Buffett’s. Carl Icahn joins Warren Buffett on Twitter - The Street, 20 June 2013 Billionaire activist investor Carl C. Icahn has joined Twitter, following in the social media footsteps of Warren Buffett, the 82-year old head of investing conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A_), who joined in early May. Berkshire Hathaway: Utility operations Brighten Berkshire's bottom line - Seeking Alpha, 20 June 2013 Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) (BRK.A) surprised investors in 2000 by acquiring MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company. We were surprised because MidAmerican Energy is a utility company. Should you buy stocks discarded by Warren Buffett? - The Motley Fool, 18 June 2013 You may know the phrase "..... our favorite holding period is forever," part of a famous line uttered by mega-billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett. However, occasionally, stocks that are part of the portfolio of his holding company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) are sold off, or the stake is reduced. Do Berkshire Bears have a good argument? - The Motley Fool, 18 June 2013 Join The Motley Fool for a conversation with author, investor and philanthropist, Whitney Tilson. In addition to managing Kase Capital, Whitney has coauthored More Mortgage Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad Times, Poor Charlie's Almanack, and most recently The Art of Value Investing, a collection of interviews with over 200 successful value investors. Economic data: interesting but not relevant to equity investors - Moneyweb, 19 June 2013 Would it surprise you to know that there is almost no relationship between the way the economy grows and the stock market’s performance? If you are spending time worrying about the economy when making your investment decisions, it is likely that you are wasting your time. 5 Dividend stocks approved by Warren Buffett - Wall St. Cheat Sheet, 17 June 2013 With the Federal Reserve pushing interest rates to historic lows, money has been forced into different asset classes in the great hunt for yield. Dividend-paying stocks can provide a stable source of cash flow that exceeds the rate on bonds or savings accounts, but investors may want to consider some timeless advice from the Oracle of Omaha before pulling the trigger. Buffett's Banking Secret - The Motley Fool, 16 June 2013 While many investors avoid investing in banks, much of Warren Buffett's success has come from his investments in the financial sector. What gives Buffett the confidence to commit billions of dollars to an industry that many have classified as a "black box?"